temporality

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The condition of being temporal or bounded in time.

n. Temporal possessions, especially of the Church or clergy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal.)

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

n. The laity; temporality.

n. That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In English law, the state or character of being temporary: opposed to perpetuity.

n. The laity.

n. A secular possession; specifically (in the plural), property and revenues of a religious corporation or an ecclesiastic, held for religious uses: contradistinguished from spiritualities, or matters of which the civil courts have no jurisdiction.

A landmark novel of high modernism, the text, centering on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920, skillfully manipulates temporality and psychological exploration.

They're not entirely wrong, but my goal is to make it less inane, to give them ample opportunities to accumulate knowledge that endures beyond these doors of what they perceive as hollow temporality -- in essence, to enable them to see that their futures are happening right now.

My brother is right when he warns that tattoos can be an all-too expressive expression of the limits of our mortality, but he is also right when he says that temporality is a bitch, so I applaud the fearlessness of allowing another to leave his or her mark on you.